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Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Directing 1932-03-31 Okayama, Japan

Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa; 31 March 1932 – 15 January 2013) was a Japanese filmmaker, writer, and left-wing activist best known for his fiction feature films, of which he directed 23 in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999. He is often regarded as one of the greatest Japanese directors of all time, and as one of the most important figures of the Japanese New Wave, alongside Shōhei Imamura. His filmmaking style bold, innovative and provocative, common themes include youthful rebellion, c…

Known For

Death by Hanging
MOV ⭐ 7.4
Death by Hanging 1968
Yakuza Graveyard
MOV ⭐ 6.6
Yakuza Graveyard 1976
Cinématon
MOV ⭐ 4.9
Cinématon 1978
The Oshima Gang
MOV
The Oshima Gang 1983
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
MOV ⭐ 8.0
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano 2000
What's a Director?
MOV
What's a Director? 2006
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
MOV ⭐ 3.5
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima 1985
Level Five
MOV ⭐ 6.1
Level Five 1997
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
MOV ⭐ 7.7
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema 1993
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
MOV ⭐ 5.9
100 Years of Japanese Cinema 1995
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
MOV ⭐ 8.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place 1991
A Life of Mao
MOV ⭐ 8.0
A Life of Mao 1976
The Oshima Gang
MOV
The Oshima Gang 2010
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
MOV
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film 1983
De droomproducenten
MOV ⭐ 10.0
De droomproducenten 1984
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
MOV
A Visit to Ogawa Productions 1981
ΦIDEA
MOV
ΦIDEA 1988
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
MOV ⭐ 8.0
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam 1977
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
MOV ⭐ 10.0
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002